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SCAMPI
Definition of SCAMPI
noun
A Norway lobster, a langoustine (Nephrops norvegicus). The battered or breaded tails of this species, usually served with chips.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian scampi, plural of scampo (“prawn”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCAMPI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCAMPI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ACIMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCAMPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SCAMPI?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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